Movies like Happy Place (2025)

Benjamin (2019)

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy

Am I OK? (2024)

Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is to know about each other. But when Jane announces she's moving to London, Lucy reveals a long-held secret. As Jane tries to help Lucy, their friendship is thrown into chaos.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

Young People Fucking (2007)

On a Tuesday night, five couples have separate sexual adventures. Matt and Kris, friends for years, want to have an only-once, no-strings good time. Abby and Andrew, married, celebrate his birthday, but it's marred by angst and miscommunication. Mia and Eric are exes, making sure they are over each other. Jaime and Ken work together and this is a first date. Inez and Gord invite his roommate, Dave, to join them. By the time each couple has gone through a prelude, foreplay, sex, an interlude, orgasm, and afterglow, they've answered basic questions: can sex be anonymous, are we bored, is our marriage really finished, does anyone tell the truth, and how do we make someone happy?

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Boy Meets Girl (2014)

In Kentucky, a transgender woman and her best male friend lament the lack of eligible partners and step across old boundaries of love and romance.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)

An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Hitch (2005)

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Sidewalks of New York (2001)

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with scenes from the six characters' lives, the film weaves a humorous and biting commentary on the game of love -- easy to start, hard to finish.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Tall Girl (2019)

Jodi, the tallest girl in her high school, has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin. But after years of slouching, being made fun of, and avoiding attention at all costs, Jodi finally decides to find the confidence to stand tall.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

Appropriate Behavior (2015)

Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

I Can't Think Straight (2008)

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

Below Her Mouth (2017)

An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

Camp Belvidere (2014)

Camp Belvidere is a lesbian romance set in the 1950s about the coming of age of Camp Leader Rose and her forbidden encounter with Nurse Gin. It depicts the journey and evolution of a friendship into a romance between two women when their rapport would have been unlikely.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

In a Heartbeat (2017)

A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

All Over the Guy (2001)

A contemporary romantic comedy exploring the unlikely pairing of two 20-somethings thrown together by their respective best friends in hopes of igniting their own romance.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

A Perfect Ending (2012)

This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

Elena Undone (2010)

The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

Alex Strangelove (2018)

Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex into the presence of Elliot, a hunky college guy, who pegs Alex as gay and flirts hard. Alex is taken aback but after a series of setbacks on the girlfriend front he takes the plunge and learns some interesting new facts about himself.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama

The World to Come (2021)

In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)

Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & romance

Newness (2017)

In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

Kirepapa. (2008)

Chisato is a beautiful 35-year-old writer, who looks like 18, and the father of Riju, a cute 15-year-old boy. Chisato's hobby is to drive away all of Riju's friends because he thinks they want to corrupt his precious child, so he shows his good side to these boys while he poisons the cake he brings them with a smile; however, there is one guy, Shunsuke, who doesn't fall for the tricks. But is Shunsuke really aiming for Riju? Who is that mysterious writer Chisato loves so much? And why is Chisato convinced that Riju's friends want to take advantage of him?

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & comedy

Love Bites (2025)

Just out of their teens, young men Liam and Anatole were in the throes of an exciting relationship- until they had fight, and Anatole disappeared. Liam can’t accept breakup. And, since his boyfriend doesn’t reply to his calls and text messages, Liam decides to follow him to a Halloween organized by one of Anatole’s friends to try find him. The wild night that ensues will test boys’ true feelings for each other, as well as force them to confront some hard inner truths once and for all.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & drama

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & comedy

The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & romance

Scherzo (2002)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Pulsar (2005)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

YOYO (2017)

Caroline can't stand that she is a virgin...and then the world ends. In post-apocalyptic LA, after a dust storm has wiped out the planet, she is convinced that Francis was sent as the man to pop her cherry. YOYO is a heartfelt, dark comedy about finding meaning in life, even when life ceases to exist.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

The Mousetrap (2016)

Baptiste is a gay man who can't stop dreaming about a woman who works at a local pub. His desire for her makes him go on a journey that he could had never imagined.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

I Am Curious Gay (1970)

On his 21st birthday, Davy wanders into a gay bar and meets the man of his dreams.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Walk a Crooked Path (1969)

Set in an exclusive boy's school, about a man who plans to kill off his wealthy teacher wife by encouraging her to drink and pushing her into suicide. To assist him he recruits a young student who will claim that he was sexually assaulted by her. (from: http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/390627)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama